MURRAY'S LESSEE ET AL. v. HOBOKEN LAND & IMPROVEMENT CO.


59 U.S. 272 (1855)

18 How. 272

JOHN DEN, ex dem. JAMES B. MURRAY AND JOHN C. KAYSER, PLAINTIFFS, v. THE HOBOKEN LAND AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. JOHN DEN, ex dem. JAMES B. MURRAY ET AL. v. THE HOBOKEN LAND AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. JOHN DEN, ex dem. WILLIAM P. RATHBONE ET AL. v. RUTSEN SUCKLEY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Van Winkle and Mr. Wood for the plaintiffs, and by Mr. Zabrinski, Mr. Gillett, Mr. Butler, and Mr. Bradley, for the defendants.


Mr. Justice CURTIS delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes before us on a certificate of division of opinion of the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the district of New Jersey. It is an action of ejectment, in which both parties claim title under Samuel Swartwout, — the plaintiffs, under the levy of an execution on the 10th day of April, 1839, and the defendants, under a sale made by...

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